The Jukebox

The Jukebox

1971 · 73 min · ★ 9.0 · TV Movie, Drama

The plot is focused around three women in an old tavern, famous for its jukebox that was left over to the landlady by her husband when he went on a trip from which he never returned. There is also a spinster-turned-alcoholic because her fiance left her, as well as a young waitress who is waiting for her own fiance but has the impression that she will remain alone like these two. Various new men enter their lives, and in many different ways they destroy the memory of those who left them or contributed to their situation.

Directed by Branko Pleša · Written by Mirjana Buljan

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